One person was taken to the hospital on Monday when a boiler tube malfunctioned at the Covanta Energy facility at 170 Enterprise Drive in Bristol on Monday.
Just before 12:30 p.m., emergency officials received a report of a boiler explosion at the company that runs the plant for the Bristol Resource Recovery Authority, according to Bristol police.
Steam was released within the boiler, Covanta officials said in a release.
"Fortunately, safety and emergency procedures worked well and no one was seriously injured," company officials said in a release.
Mayor Art Ward arrived at the scene and said he feared the worst and that the situation could have been a lot worse.
Ward did not have information on why the employee eas taken to the hospital.
There were no evacuations.
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According to the company Web site, Covanta turns waste into energy.
The unit is currently offline and will remain so until it is repaired.
